The couple has now raised $1,419,262. They beat their deadline by
a week.

In our write-up of the firm earlier
this month, we included Julie and Scott Brusaw's explanation
for why they're raising money through Indiegogo as opposed to
going a more sophisticated route. Here it is
again:

The idea to launch a crowdfunding campaign came to us from
so many supporters that we looked into it. We have always been
concerned about protecting our vision to implement this in the
way that we think will have the most benefit: creating American
jobs rather than outsourcing and then adding manufacturing
facilities in other countries. That way we could help the
economies everywhere providing many thousands of jobs. We have a
vision for the way our facilities will be - campus like - with a
positive atmosphere. We want to use as many recycled materials as
we can and keep our manufacturing process as green as possible.
We could go on, but you get the picture. If we can raise enough
funds here, we won't have to take on an investor and we won't
have to worry about losing our focus. If you like our vision and
want to help, we'd be honored to have you in our corner.